Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Recycling

New Zealand launches Composites Circular Economy program

Collaborative working group aims to develop new capabilities for Aotearoa, New Zealand, composites manufacturers to develop environmentally friendly products via several recycling initiatives leading up to 2030.

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DNV releases new composite components standard for critical applications

DNV issues the latest edition of the DNV-ST-C501 standard which aims to ensure safety, cost savings and smaller environmental footprint in the energy and maritime sectors.  

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Aerospace

Airbus A321XLR takes off for the first time

The latest evolution of the single-aisle A321neo accomplishes its first flight for its 2024 entry into service, accumulates more than 8,000 orders from 130 customers.

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Aerospace

New composites-based drag reduction kit for Boeing 737 NG receives FAA STC, cuts fuel burn

Aero Design Labs’s ADRS-1 kit includes revised fairings and vortex generators to save $12,000 in fuel and >40 tons of CO2 per aircraft per month.  

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Aerospace

The NCC collaborates with Airbus to optimize eXtra wing aerodynamics

In a bid to decarbonize the aviation industry, NCC engineers are looking to design and manufacture primary components for the eXtra Performance Wing “wing box” structure.  

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L&L Special Furnace receives order for retort box furnace designed to debind CMC

Atmosphere-controlled retort box furnaces removes all organics and other materials used in CMC part production to ensure a strong, lightweight, finished part.  

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OCSiAl expands graphene nanotube production capacities to Europe

The new synthesis facility near Belgrade, Serbia, will be launched in the first half of 2023, with a planned capacity of 40 metric tonnes/year. Production will be leveraged for various polymers and nanotube dispersions to boost EV battery density.

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Core

Global experts present latest developments at Composite Sandwich Conference in May

The CSC 2022 conference, jointly organized by Thermhex and Fraunhofer IMWS, enabled a productive exchange of information about cost-efficient composite sandwich structures and automated processing methods.  

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Scheurer Swiss implements carbon fiber-reinforced 3D printing for bouncing space robot

Scheurer Swiss supports ETH Zurich in the development of a lightweight “hopping” robot for exploring asteroids.  

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Bakelite Synthetics completes acquisition of Georgia-Pacific Chemicals

The transaction includes 11 chemical facilities employing approximately 600 people in the U.S. and South America.

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Space

Collins Aerospace selected to outfit next generation of space explorers

Collins-led team, including ILC Dover and Oceaneering, are to provide new spacesuit for ISS crew and Artemis moon missions.

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Continuous Composites selected by NASA for low-CTE open isogrid composite structure

This NASA award will demonstrate CF3D’s robotic steering of individual, continuous carbon fiber tows to print and test a flat 1.6- x 3.3-foot open isogrid rib structure, which will have a low CTE. 

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